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Church

Tromaun, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Tromaun, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Tromaun
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Church
Latest-edition OS map
Church (in Ruins)
Coordinates
53.58735, -8.18480
SMR number
RO041-040001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Of early ecclesiastical origin, and situated on a broad low hill. The church is a rectangular structure (int. dims 14.55m WNW-ESE; 5.6m NNE-SSW) defined by fragmentary sections of an ivy-covered cyclopean masonry walls (T 0.8m; max. H 3.2m). The church is featureless, apart from a destroyed entrance (Wth 1.9m) towards the N end of the W wall, and a window obscured by ivy in the complete E gable. It is within a subrectangular grass-covered enclosure (RO041-041004-) (dims 50m E-W; c. 44m N-S) which may have been a graveyard as there is local knowledge of burials (RO041-041005-) being found. The rectangular enclosure is defined by slight scarps on all sides, except the E which is formed by the bank of a large circular ecclesiastical enclosure (RO041-041002-) (diam. 100m NE-SW; 90m NW-SE) which surrounds the church. The large enclosure is defined by a complete but slight earthen bank (Wth 6-8m; int. H 0.2-0.6m; ext. H 0.3-0.5m), with a drystone wall on top of it SE-W-NW. The entrance (Wth 4.5m) is at ENE, and an enclosure or annexe (RO041-040003-) which is a D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 49m N-S; 37m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.5-10m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.4-0.6m) is attached to the NE. A fragment of a disc quern (RO041-131001-) decorated with interlace, and a fragment of a millstone (RO041-131002-) that were found at the site are now at a nearby house.

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Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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